'Terminator: Salvation' Lawsuit Settled
Terms were not disclosed, but plaintiff was seeking $160M
A lawsuit involving the producers of "Terminator: Salvation" apparently has come to an end with a settlement between Moritz Borman and the producer team of Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek.
The lawsuit never put the May 21 release of "Salvation" in danger, but could've possibly set back Halcyon Co. financially, although it still might have. Details of the settlement were not released but Borman originally was demanding some $160 million in damages when the lawsuit was filed in March.
In the suit, Borman claimed Anderson and Kubicek took over production of the film from him, and that if he had known about their still undisclosed "shady past," he would never have relinquished the rights to the Terminator franchise in the first place.
Borman also claimed that he was owed $2.5 million for his producer fee.
The latest film stars Christian Bale as John Connor and was directed by McG. It will be released May 21, and is said to have a PG-13 rating, although McG was fighting hard for an R rating to the film.
Studios -- especially Warner Bros. -- however, have been reluctant to put our R material after "Watchmen" struggled at the box office in March following a decent opening weekend.
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